Neda Ulaby

Neda Ulaby appears in the following:

A new question for an old religion: Should non-Jews play Jewish characters on-screen?

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman.

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The casting of non-Jewish actors as Jewish characters is causing controversy

Friday, November 12, 2021

A new Apple+ TV show that is premiering Friday seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of of comedian Sarah Silverman.

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Novelist Damon Galgut wins Booker Prize for 'The Promise'

Wednesday, November 03, 2021

The South African novelist has been shortlisted for the award twice before.

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The U.S. Department of Justice seeks to block a book publishing 'behemoth'

Tuesday, November 02, 2021

The Department of Justice is suing to block a proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster

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A midcentury 'jazz witch' artist finds a fandom in the future

Friday, October 29, 2021

Gertrude Abercrombie was a bohemian midcentury painter whose surrealist paintings, newly coveted by collectors, are now touring museums as part of the show "Supernatural America."

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'Squid Game' too much? Consider the softer side of scary with these movies

Thursday, October 28, 2021

If you prefer your Halloween entertainment to be on the less terrifying side, we've got something for you: A robust subgenre of scary movies that are actually kind of warm and fuzzy.

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Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set killing a film crew member

Friday, October 22, 2021

Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of Rust near Sante Fe, killing the film's director of photography and injuring the director, according to the sheriff's office of Santa Fe County, N.M.

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Jerry Pinkney, the beloved, award-winning children's book illustrator, has died at 81

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

The Caldecott Medal winner died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was known for illustrating over 100 books for readers of all ages, including The Lion and the Mouse and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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She reclaims toxic waste dumps, and she just won a major landscape architecture award

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Julie Bargmann, the first recipient of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, redesigns waste dumps, landfills, Superfund sites — places she calls "the gnarliest."

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Why a literary magazine at the nation's oldest public hospital matters more than ever

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

One of the world's most famous hospitals also houses a respected literary magazine focused on health and healing. The Bellevue Literary Review has seen an uptick of submissions during the pandemic.

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2021's Nobel Prize in literature goes to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah

Thursday, October 07, 2021

Abdulrazak Gurnah, who is from Zanzibar, has written 10 novels, including 1994's Paradise, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. U.S. poet Louise Glück won the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature.

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Preview: Nobel Prize for literature is announced on Thursday

Thursday, October 07, 2021

Past laureates have included the authors Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow and Ernest Hemingway. The American poet Louise Glück won the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature.

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A Giant Of Black Cinema, Melvin Van Peebles Dies At 89

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

The independent film director was best known for Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

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After Taking A Break In 1982, ABBA Is Back With New Music

Friday, September 03, 2021

Nearly 40 years after its farewell single, the Swedish pop group ABBA has announced its return with a new album this fall, and a high-tech digital concert next spring.

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Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Visionary Reggae Producer, Dies At 85

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Perry's brilliant and idiosyncratic career included helping to inspire the sounds of dub and rap as we know them today.

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At The 'Museum Of Black Joy,' It's The Everyday Moments That Go On Display

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Black artists celebrate ordinary moments of grace and kindness in a "borderless" online exhibition; creator Andrea Walls plans physical installations across Philadelphia as well.

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'Jeopardy!' Announces 2 Permanent Hosts: Mayim Bialik And Mike Richards

Thursday, August 12, 2021

After much speculation, Sony Pictures Television has named two people to fill the Jeopardy! hosting role left open after the death of longtime host Alex Trebek.

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It's Double 'Jeopardy!': Mike Richards And Mayim Bialik Will Be New Hosts

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

In a surprise move, Jeopardy! has selected actor Mayim Bialik and current executive producer Mike Richards as permanent new hosts of the game show.

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Listen To New Music Inspired By Karate's Olympic Debut

Thursday, August 05, 2021

Musicians in the U.S. and Japan are collaborating in honor of the first Olympic karate competition: Composers tracked the brainwaves of people performing karate, and turned that data into music.

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Harvey Weinstein Tries And Fails To Have Several Sexual Assault Charges Dismissed

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Weinstein's lawyers had asked a judge to throw out three of the sexual assault charges against him. The judge let two stand but agreed that a third should be amended and sent back to the grand jury.

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